#every single star is treated like trash

[sidekick-hero]

(steddie | explicit | 1.1k | tags: established relationship, sub!eddie, top!eddie, dom!steve, bottom!steve, porn with feelings, Good Boy Eddie | @steddielovemonth Love is liking the version of yourself you are with them the best by @tinytalkingtina | AO3)

Eddie has been called many things in his life. Some good, more bad.

He's been called a good friend, a herder of lost sheep, a dungeon master, a rock star, even a hero.

But he's also been called a pariah, a coward, a waste of space, a fuckup, trailer trash, a freak, a murderer, a monster.

But no one had ever called him a good boy. Not until Steve.

Ever since he was a little kid, Eddie had learned to fit in, to become whatever someone needed him to be.

When his ma got sick, he learned to be her sweet little boy, quiet and uncomplicated instead of loud and wild. To take up as little space as possible, one less thing for his mama to worry about.

After she died, Eddie learned to be self-reliant. An adult in a child's body, able to take care of himself because who else would. Whenever his father was around, he adopted the Munson charm, the easy smile and empty flattery. He learned how to hot-wire cars, pick locks, steal, lie.

In the process, he learned to hate himself and even more the path his father was trying to set him on.

It wasn't until he started living with his Uncle Wayne that he didn't know who to be, because his uncle never asked him to do anything but be himself. Which should have been a relief, but by then Eddie had almost forgotten who that was.

So he began to reinvent himself in ways that made sense to him.

A storyteller, like Tolkien, spinning tales through his campaigns and having his party hanging on his every word.

A rock star, like Osbourne, van Halen, or Hammett, who played his heart out and made himself heard through his music.

A rebel, like Bowie, who stood up for those who, like him, were on the fringes of society, being their shield and offering them a safe place and a community where they could be their wonderfully weird selves.

Those versions of him were all Eddie, but at the same time they weren't. Not all of him.

Not the soft parts, the sweet and sincere and quiet parts he thought he lost when his mom died. Being all that for her hadn't been enough, it hadn't saved her, so Eddie buried that part of himself with her and became someone else. Someone the world couldn't break so easily.

Until Steve.

Brave and reckless, kind and bitchy and oblivious, self-sacrificing and self-centered, vain and dorky Steve. An enigma if Eddie ever met one. One he couldn't get enough of, each layer a new but pleasant surprise.

With Steve, Eddie doesn't have to reinvent himself, doesn't have to be any of the stories or boxes or labels.

With Steve, Eddie can let go.

With Steve, Eddie can stop looking over his shoulder.

With Steve, Eddie can let down his guard and show his soft belly.

With Steve, Eddie can be a good boy, sweet and obedient and sincere.

"You're doing so good, baby, so good for me. Fucking me so well, so sweet, feeding me that thick cock of yours. Can feel it in my throat. All for me, my good boy treating me so well," Steve coos with his mouth right next to Eddie's ear. They've been at it for what seems like hours and Eddie is so far gone, trembling in Steve's arms as he keeps rocking his hips, the only thing on his mind is Steve. Being good for Steve.

He's already made Steve come down his throat, lapping up every single drop like the good boy he is, before opening Steve up with his fingers and tongue. He pulled another orgasm out of him as he kept stroking across his prostate while licking messily inside him where he had spread him open on his fingers.

Eddie thought they were done, but Steve had other plans as he gathered up his own cum to spread over Eddie's cock, intention clear. Eddie had hesitated, afraid to hurt Steve because it was too much. It was only when he told Eddie to fuck him with a smoldering look from under his lashes that he finally, carefully, pushed inside him.

He's been hard and aching ever since Steve pushed him to his knees and made him nuzzle the bulge in Steve's tight Levis.

He's been ready to come since Steve's cock hit the back of his throat, moaning so prettily as it fluttered around him.

He's been holding himself back from coming by the skin of his teeth since Steve started clinging to him, overstimulated and loving and everything Eddie could ever want, cooing the sweetest and filthiest praise as Eddie slid in and out of the hot, tight grip of his body.

"What do you want baby, tell me, I'll give you everything my sweet little thing, just tell me what you need." Steve's soothing voice washes over him and he realizes he's whimpering into the sweaty skin of Steve's neck.

"You," Eddie replies without hesitation. "Just you, wanna make you feel good, 's all I need, just you." He's babbling, too far gone to be anything close to coherent. Reduced to his soft, needy core. "Love you so much, wanna stay like this forever, never wanna leave you." Things he never thought he'd say out loud spill out of his mouth and he can feel Steve tighten around him, impossibly so and he's so close but he can't, not without -

"Eddie, baby, don't stop, 'm so close, I love you too," Steve pants before whimpering, "Oh God, you're making me come again, kiss me, please, baby, kiss me."

He can't really feel his body anymore, his mouth clumsily seeking Steve's, but he could never deny him anything. Especially not when he's begging him so sweetly.

They both come within seconds of each other, no more words needed. Steve, whose legs and arms are wrapped around Eddie so tightly that it's impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins, is the first to spill between their bellies. The fluttering of his hole, the bucking of his hips and the rhythmic way he clenches around him makes Eddie follow suit.

It almost hurts in its intensity after holding back for so long and he can't help the pitiful whimpering or the overwhelming tears.

Cradling Eddie's head in his giant hands, Steve wipes away the tears and kisses the whines from Eddie's trembling mouth. More tears follow, his love and devotion and gratitude for being loved in this way running down his cheeks as salty droplets, and Steve kisses them away as well.

"You were perfect," he whispers between his kisses, "I love you so much."

When his face is clean, the tears finally stopped, Eddie sinks back down onto the man beneath him. The man who gave him back this side of himself, a side he missed and mourned without even knowing it. A version of himself he has learned to love, to like best, thanks to Steve Harrington and his unwavering love for Eddie.

#steddie #steddie smut #steddie fanfiction #stranger things fanfiction #steve harrington #eddie munson #steddielovemonth #day 22 #Love is liking the version of yourself you are with them the best #my writing #nsft

[deathmetalunicorn1]

Yandere Apollo with Boa Hancock!reader. Apolo is interested in reader and she rejects him but this doesn't stop him.

-You were stunning, beautiful, you were the moon to his sun! Your radiant confidence in your looks and your skills as a leader were both so attractive, you were truly a queen!

-However, you were also very, very popular. Men and women alike adored you, worshipping the ground you walked on but you ignored them, treating at least the men like they were beneath you, while you were softer on women, showing Apollo what a kindhearted woman you were!

-You were also insanely powerful, an incubus tried to hit on you, begging you to be with him, “Please my queen, I’ll do anything!!” your roundhouse kick to his face, turning half of his head into stone which started to crumble away startled many around you.

-You set your feet apart, one hand coming to your hip while the other lifted and you bent over backwards to look at the sky, looking down on him, “Don’t speak so casually to me, you trash. I am an empress, not a mere queen!”

-Apollo looked at you as if you hung the stars in the skies for him, head over heels in love with you, but noticed that you always refused anyone who were bold or brave enough to ask you out.

-Of course, Apollo knew it was because you just hadn’t found the perfect man…yet!

-When he first approached you, a giant bouquet of the most gorgeous red roses, kneeling before you, “My beautiful Empress Y/N, would you become to moon to my night sky?” you kept walking right on by, “Don’t talk to me.”

-He froze, turning pure white in shock, even his roses turned white, stunned that you snubbed him- Apollo- so easily!

-He was quick to bounce back to try again, but every single time you rejected him, not even bothering to look in his direction. But with each refusal he only grew more and more enraptured with you.

-Apollo did his research, following after you carefully, as he had been almost spotted by that snake of yours numerous times, he learned the things you liked, what skin and hair care products you liked, flowers you were fonder of than roses, he wanted to make you fall for him by showing you how attentive he was to your needs.

-He then started up again, approaching you with your favorite brands, trying to win you over with presents and trinkets, but you could see the look in his eyes, it was much like the look in other people's eyes, a look of want.

-You would not be swayed by this god, as he didn’t have your heart, and when he approached you again and was actually bold enough to grab your hand, he only barely dodged your kick that took out a brick wall with ease, fury in yours eyes.

-He took that interaction that you didn’t like to be touched, but of course you wouldn’t, you were perfection! And nobody should be able to touch perfection!!

-That is…until he saw you with Sasaki Kojiro, a man much older looking than you, and Apollo froze, seeing you look like a pure maiden, blushing cutely, looking away from Kojiro while holding your cheeks, your eyes were bright and the smile on your face was so genuine that Apollo fell in love with you all over again!!

-Fury built up inside of him like the flames of the sun, seeing you actually holding Kojiro’s hand, little hearts surrounding you like you were head over heels in love with him.

-Apollo couldn’t understand it, what did you see in Kojiro that he didn’t have, Apollo was handsome, any woman in Valhalla would do anything to be with him! Kojiro was goofy, not at all elegant, he was covered in scars, while Apollo was the peak of perfection from top to bottom!

-WHY DID YOU WANT KOJIRO AND NOT HIM?!?!

-Apollo was infuriated, seeing you look so happy with another man; however, he wasn’t upset at you, never at you, you could do no wrong.

-His anger shifted to Kojiro, the man who took you away, he felt his blood pressure rising, glaring at Kojiro. He inhaled deeply as his eyes closed.

-Kojiro needed to go, but he couldn’t do anything with you around, or you would get upset with him, and Apollo wanted you to come to him for comfort when you found your ‘love’ dead.

-He needed to be careful.

#record of ragnarok #ror x reader #ror kojiro sasaki #ror apollo

[muzwoom]

Im having modern day au alver x ogcale thoughts :,)

The setting is sort of like a earth 1’s korea except the catalysm happened waaaaay before like decades before, so fighting the monsters is way easier and more normal tho its still considered really hard and dangerous work (barely any deaths anymore but injuries are p common)

The soos all work at the company together. Cale (22 yrs old) is estranged from his family and also works at the company (hes happy to watch his little brother and little sister succeed from afar). Cale and kim rok soo constantly get compared bc theyre both serious and hard workers who tell people all the time that they wanna quit/slack off (they will never actually quit or slack off). Bc cale isnt actually in his familys life anymore he doesnt need to pretend to be trash and hes smiley like when hes krs in canon

Bc kim rok soo isnt as traumatized as in canon from losing his only friends he manages to make more friends (taylor sten, cage, eruhaben, he obvs manages to find his kids, choi han is also here and not as traumatized he just got kidnapped by monsters for like 10 years and is back home now, the whale tribe the wolf tribe the jungle queen the- you get the point. Kim rok soo is basically the companys information network at this point)

Idk if i should make krs and the other soos 36 etc still or if i should make them younger? (Like in late twenties, just a little older than when the soos minus krs died in the og timeline). In any case somehow its still cale nagging krs abt staying healthy and eating well and exercising, not the other way around

Maybe cale still has his adopted niece (aka reincarnated mom but ig he doesnt know that in this au)??

Alver (27 yrs old) has inherited his fathers trillion won company and is a repressed workaholic CEO (or maybe his father has a rlly succesful company and alver has become rlly succesful in politics instead?? Tho what ive seen the rlly succesful companies’ heirs in korea are lowkey treated with the same importance as a politician so it doesnt rlly matter)

Tasha pressures alver into taking 1 single day off. He obliges and almost gets assassinated by the mob (the white stars gang, and yes they do have powers). They decide to hire alver a specialized bodyguard. Cue the company: cale gets chosen as a guard while a few others (including kim rok soo) work on figuring out how to take out the white stars little group

Idk what power to give cale yet 👀 i wanna say either smth to do with time or smth to do with plants BUT i can also just give him both?? Or a power that combines the two?? I will look up symbolism to decide later lol

ANYWAY smiley bodyguard cale x repressed ceo alver. Cale falls first alver falls harder. Cale surprising alver with loyalty and cunning and with how he goes out of his way to take hits meant for alver. Alver being perfect and cale doing his best to goad alver into letting go of that mask every moment theyre alone

Multiple specific scenes im thinking:

- alver is goaded into taking a day off by tasha again a few months after the assassination attempt, this time with cale. They go to a café and have cutesy talks together (cale is just constantly being glib trying to trip alver up while alver is annoyed and into it)

- alver has to go to a high-end event. Cale comes with as his bodyguard/date (the date part is just a cover but they both with it was real). They meet basen who is in complete and utter shock trying to hide it (he will do a full report back to the henituse family later)

- i need the company to go to a karaoke bar every friday bc i love karaoke. Cale sort of likes it and puts up minimal resistance every time. Kim rok soo does NOT want to go but he ends up napping the whole time every friday so its not that bad. During his bodyguard job with alver cale has to decline a few times. The company manages to wrangle cale into just bringing alver with him to karaoke (the repressed ceo of a trillion won company going to a shitty karaoke bar with a bunch of rowdy office workers/sort-of-soldiers is funny to me)

- at some point it gets serious and cale takes a bullet or otherwise rlly damaging attack that was meant for alver. He has to go to the hospital and alver realizes that oh shit its not a good idea to develop feelings for someone whos job it is to take bullets for you. And then he realizes of shit i developed feelings wtf??? And then he thinks i should stop feeling this way. And then he looks at cale again, whos passed out in the hospital bed and hes like im not gonna be able to stop feeling this way, am i. Fuck. Shit. Damnit

- they have a summer wedding 🥰

- neither of them are even involved w the white star mob. They just suddenly get a call from krs like “hi. I did the job. The others want me to tell you that im in the hospital btw.” Cale and alver visit him in the hospital and cale comforts krs by saying “dw, one day youll have your farm with the other two idiots. One day. Maybe.”

- that one scene in adventure time with bonnie and marcy and bonnie leans against marcy and closes her eyes and is like “wake me up in like 20 minutes.” Them. Them. Them. Them-

- cale slowly connecting with his family after him and alver met basen at that one event. First its deruth just calling (most painful and awkward phone call in the world where deruth very obviously avoids talking abt anything important and cale is just too confused abt why hes calling to pick up on any of it.) Then basen and lily start texting him. Then lily just shows up at his house to visit. It all snowballs from there with just little awkward moments of the family trying to rebuild a bridge with cale and cale just being confused abt what they want from him and why theyd wanna see him (its bc they love him bc hes family and theyre worried abt him)

- eventually deruth visits his house in person. This is also the moment where they finally actually have The Emotions and deruth acknowledges the abandonment and emotional neglect and cale confesses it was all an act but that he also actually thought they really didnt want him and that he thought he was ruining his fathers perfect new family with his presence and that he got rid of himself bc he thought it would make them happier

- cale goes to therapy.png. The family rejoices. The company also rejoices. The company stops rejoicing when he starts badgering everyone else to also get therapy (they really really all need it)

- the confession happens after cale isnt alvers bodyguards anymore. Cale has managed to talk alver into meeting every week at alvers place and just talking or playing chess or whatever they feel like doing. Theyre just doing their weekly catching up and cale is being especially wonderful talking abt his kid and alver being especially sleepdeprived just kisses him right on the mouth. He immediately backtracks and tries to be glib abt it like “im so sorry i dont know what came over me-“ but cale just kisses him back and then the next scene they wake up no clothes in bed together. They have been pining for at least a year by this point they deserve this

- alver goes to therapy after they officially get together bc cale pushed him to. It actually helps a little??? He is absolute shit abt opening up but the therapist has some generic tips abt managing his overworking problem

- most of the groomsmen/bridesmaids (or groomsmaids??) are part of the company. Tasha is alvers maid of honor. Basen is cales groomsman or honor or however the hell thats called lol. Cales niece is the flower girl and raon is the ringbearer. Cales family is there and robbit and his wife are there too + obvs alvers maternal family.

- summer wedding

Ok this is all for now

#just talking dmm #tcf #trash of the counts family #lout of the counts family #lcf #og cale henituse #alver crossman #other ppl are here too but they dont have a big role sooo #idk if i should tag them lol

[hello-nichya-here]

No your so right about this with Michael Jackson.

I hate how they didn't treat him like a human.

I hate how they judged that.

Like fuck them juding him for doing plastic surgeries and being addicted to pain killers. Who are they to judge? Unless they have been that FAMOUS like him they have no right to do so.

If I had people watch me everyday cameras on my face, grew up with my father bullying my apperance, I'd be self conscious too.

Fuck people who care more about how many plastic surgeries he had then the humanitarian things he did. Fuck people for making fun of his apperance.

And lastly most people couldn't handle a week living like him. So for them to judge him for being addicted to anything his laughable. I couldn't. I would be waaay worse.

Not to mention, some of the surgeries Michael went through were medically necessary: dude's head was literally set on fire, and thanks to Lupus he had necrosis on a few parts of his face and needed the dead tissue to be removed. Plus some people still ignorantly think Michael did some kind of procedure to "turn white", even though he had already said he had vitiligo and used make-up to cover up the spots and creams made to treat vitiligo to even out the skin, AND in some pictures it's very noticeable that he only used said cream in his hands and face, as there's still spots everywhere else.

And for fuck's sake, people were already losing their shit about him having had "too many" plastic surgeries all the way back in the Dangerous Era, when he looked absolutely normal and if he had not grown up in the spotlight he could have easily passed as not having ever had any surgery ever.

And the "spotlight" bit is also important because Michael had repeatedly mentioned how he struggled with being a former child star because the public (and by consequence the label and his manager/dad) wanted him to stay little forever.

For fuck's sake, he had already started his career having to lie about his age to pretend he was even younger, and as he grew up he was always speaking in higher, softer tone of voice - which he kept doing even as an adult, when people thought it was weird, because surprise surprise, you can't spend years trying to brute force someone into looking and acting younger than they really are, then act all shocked when they can't just flip a switch in their brain and stop doing that the second it is no longer convenient.

It is really that shocking that as he was growing older, became a dad, and wasn't as active as he used to be, that he had the natural instinct of trying to basically "freeze" his looks at that age? And again, considering how his entire career relied on iconic visuals (the white glove, the Billie Jean hat, the Smooth Criminal suit, the lean and the moonwalk, etc) I would not be surprised if everyone that was making money off of him was not only okay with it, but actively encouraging him to do just that, so they could "keep the brand looking sort of the same" for audiences.

That kind of stuff happens to nearly every single celebrity in the whole world - hundreds of which went WAY further with plastic surgery than Michael ever did. They are just bullied relentlessly and expected them to look the same forever. If they age naturally, they've "let themselves go" and "are too old now." If they try to keep the same looks, as people are basically demanding them to? Then they are shallow, pathetic people that are so delusional they think they can beat time just because they're rich. There is no "right choice" that will please the people that see them as products instead of human beings.

People only focus so much on Michael because he was THE most famous human being ever, and nothing sells as much as a story trashing beloved icons, so the media focused on him to level of "if you did this to a regular, non-famous person, you'd all be in prison right now."

And it's exactly because the media was constantly repeating how "weird" he was at every single opportunity, blasting all kinds of absurd stories everywhere, that people thought he obviously HAD to be the biggest weirdo ever, right? If he wasn't, why would the media talk so much about *checks notes* the guy with the first AND second best selling record of all time? They'd totally leave him alone if only he wasn't so weird. There's just no way they'd always come up with new bullshit to trash him for just because it'd 100% make them absurd amounts of money, riiiiiight?

#michael jackson #king of pop

[original-character-championship]

Bracket C Roun 1

Poll 14

Yael [Yah-EL] Edelman  (@when-wax-wings-melt) vs. Myghal Tregory - The Diminutive Scholar (@light-lost-logs)

155. Yael [Yah-EL] Edelman  (@when-wax-wings-melt)

she/her

My gorgeous gorgeous girl is your favorite mid-sized black jewish bi ace protagonist in the entire world! Have you ever haunted YOUR best friend and tried to stop him from avenging your untimely death? No? Well, guess who has! She's got it all: Judaism, attraction to women AND appreciation of a good looking boy, a tummy and thighs, brown eyes and a tongue that just don't stop trashing the hell out of the only person in the world who can hear her speak! She's permanently seventeen but she would have wanted to be a teacher, were she still alive, in order to help kids so they don't feel as much of the same undying anger she carries around with her every single day! She's traumatized, she loves her family, she's... YAEL!!

Midsized, dark brown skin, typically braids down to mid-back or so, dark brown eyes, big red glasses. She wears a star of david around her neck and also has some awesome fashion sense! She likes tighter tops w big baggy pants.

156. Myghal Tregory - The Diminutive Scholar (@light-lost-logs)

He/Him

He's a sentient rat trying to find the secret to immortality in a gothic sci-fi version of victorian london run by space bats that's underground hiding from the sun (who is sentient and will not let breaking the laws of physics and suchlike happen in the daylight) because he found out that rats only live two years and HES ONE AND A QUARTER.

He's like OH. HOLY SHIT. I DON'T WANT TO DIE. THAT'S NOT FAIR. because it's not to him, right? He's as sentient as any human or cat. And they get to live for decades. You know humans in the neath (underground) can live basically forever? Humans get to come back when they die down there. You know what doesn't? Rats. Rats have one life and they die and they only get two years but they are literally as sentient as everyone else. But also everyone treats them shittily because they're rats. Nobody takes him seriously as an academic. Nobody! they let tigers run a whole continent but they won't let a rat practice chemistry.

He has spent BASICALLY THE MAJORITY OF HIS LIFE studying and nobody even lets him check books out of the library because he's a ten inch tall rat. And everything is human sized and nobody respects him and you know he's just had enough which is why HE HAS ACCQUIRED A GUN. He WILL GET THE REQUIRED STUDYING MATERIALS FOR ACHIEVING IMMORTALITY (which is possible here) WHETHER HE GETS THEM NICELY OR HE HAS TO SHOOT PEOPLE. he's fucking fed up of not being listened to.

He is 11"" tall. He is cornish. He is a rat. He is afraid of his own mortality. He is furious about the injustices done to him. He is doing illegal science unto himself in order to get time, just a little more time, to enjoy his life. To find something worth living for. To be able to say at the end of it all ""yes, i lived a good life, i saw more of the world than my room and i experienced its wonders enough to fill my heart"".

He has a gun and he will use it.

What else could you ask from a character? Do YOUR blorbos have guns to defend their rights to academia and The Forbidden Sciences Beyond The Colour Of Time? No? Then vote for Treg. A vote for Treg is a vote for ALL ratkind.

Treg is a small, fawn blaze berkshire rat with a bristle coat. Which in rat fancier speak means he's ginger on top and white underneath, with rough fur, sort of like a cream and white german shepard. He has a pink nose, ears, hands, feet and tail, with red eyes and white whiskers. The fur on his face sort of looks like a little moustache and goatee, just a bit.

He wears a white knitted jumper made of wool, brown doll's trousers (it's sort of hard to find clothes fitted for rats) some shoes which are basically just doll's shoes that have been dipped in wax underneath so he has some semblance of soles for wearing on the hard cobblestones, and a tiny little pair of round spectacles that are held in place on his face with string and clips that hold onto the ears. His eyeglasses are stained in Violant, which is a very vibrant purple-scarlet colour from underground that forces you to remember things you otherwise might forget. He wears these because a lot of things in the neath can make you Forget knowledge you might want, and he is determined not to. He also has a woolen hat he wears sometimes if he's cold.

#oc championship #tournament poll #round 1 #bracket c #155 Yael Edelman #156 Myghal Tregory

[lightwise]

Ahsoka Show Episode 1 - Spoilers/Thoughts

I have several important thoughts that I will be giving their own posts, but below is a rundown of my thoughts watching the first episode of Ahsoka last night.

As a background for my thoughts on the show going forward: Ahsoka is one of my favorite characters (aside from the Bad Batch). Her and Obi-Wan, equal and forever embedded in my heart. Her journey as Anakin's padawan, the lessons she learns throughout the Clone Wars, her strength in choosing her own path and figuring out who she wanted to be and what she stood for, her consistent pursuit of the light and truth and justice, but from a caring, empathetic, and compassionate heart, are traits that I always look to as inspiration. (My tagline Daughter of Light comes from a pin design of Ahsoka and Morai that the incredible Pinbutlersco created). I have enjoyed Rosario's portrayal of her in live action so far, and have been both eagerly hoping for and also extremely nervous about this show. I don't think there's anything that could ruin her character, but it is nerve-wracking to have a beloved fan favorite in live action when she has never been showcased there in the extent of what she is normally capable of in animation. Plus, the live action shows have been hit or miss lately except for Andor, and my hopes have been lower since Mando season 3 came out. I think I've accepted at this point that animation has a stronger pull on me than live action does at the moment, so that of course will inform some of my reactions.

As for the Rebels characters, I love them a lot. I just rewatched some of the essential episodes and was crying in almost every single one. They just tug on your heartstrings as a little found family almost immediately, along with how essential they are to the rebellion and the ways that the show explores the Force, familial and emotional bonds, and inner struggles. That said, Rebels is not my favorite Star Wars show, and therefore my understanding of Hera, Sabine, Ezra, and even Thrawn, is not as in depth or as emotionally entangled as Ahsoka or other characters. Therefore, if you want to take my opinions on them with a grain of salt, please do so ;).

And of course all of this is simply my personal opinion and reaction to watching the show as it comes out! I don't know yet if I'll end up doing any heavy analyses like I do for TBB but we shall see :)

Alright, all of that out of the way...let's see how the first episode turned out! (Episode 2 will be a separate post bc this is hella long already and you are a gem if you've read this far! <3)

SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT! DO NOT SCROLL IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED THE EPISODE YET! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

That opening crawl is super cool, and it's not a Star Wars opening without a good pan over an amazing ship out in space.

*sigh* I really don't want to be negative right off the bat, but these New Republic uniforms 💀 come on guys. It's one thing to try and show that the NR doesn't have a lot of resources/is brand new, but you could at least make them look lived in for the universe. It seems like this is the main spot where the length of the budget for costumes was apparently the opposite of a CVS receipt. Idk. Not a great look. And the ranking buttons 😭

Baylon and Shin showing up to free Morgan was obvious but still very cool to see them get the best of everyone on the ship. Baylon already has his hallway moment and we barely know them. Also RIP to Captain Hayle, he had the right idea to not trust them, maybe just not the right idea to go out and meet them.

Interesting that Hayle calls them Imperial "trash". We saw this in Mando season 3 with Dr. Pershing too...how the reintegration of imperial-aligned people back into society certainly wasn't helped by the prejudices of those on the "right" side. No matter how right or righteous you or your cause is, treating others with the same evil you claimed to be fighting against is never okay.

Also also, I still love those ridiculous elongated egg helmets of the Rebellion and the New Republic.

There's a lot of nice little touches, like the burn mark on a guy's thigh from a lightsaber wound or the lock to Morgan's cell spinning as Baylon uses the force to open it.

I immediately thought of the Mortis gods when Ahsoka steps into the temple and begins to unlock the pillars, with the figures and the map etched on the wall. I also appreciate that Dave let this scene take time to play out. Yes also Indiana Jones yes also Kurosawa yes also Treasure Planet.

Capes on assassin droids. Spooky. And did they sound slightly like Kylo Ren's modulated voice? Lol. And Ahsoka's "ahh shit" face when she realizes they're about to set off an explosion is pretty great.

HUYANG! HUYANG! HUYANG!!!! He's BEAUTIFULLLLL. I seriously can't believe how good he looks! It's also not a Star Wars show without a snarky droid keeping everyone in line, (or attempting to) and surprisingly it's not just Chopper. New fave for sure. David Tennant the man you are.

"Let's just say I didn't follow standard Jedi protocol"

I have to admit that I was hesitant about MEW for Hera but I'm liking her so far (costuming, not as much. The contacts and makeup and length of her lekku are throwing me a bit). I was surprised that she assumed Thrawn died in the battle of Lothal.

Ryder Azadi!!! and Jai Kell! So cool to see them. "Get out there and say something." "What?!"

Love the badass entrance for Sabine. The sass in this show is top notch. Also the blend of sound effects and soundtrack is really good, especially in these scenes.

NEED. LOTHCAT. NOW *grabby hands*

Unfortunately the recording of Ezra didn't do much for me. He looked pretty awkward and I would like to see how Eman portrays him in a live scene. I think again the costuming felt off rather than lived in/formed to the person wearing it.

OKAY WHOA HOLD UP NOW. Morgan is a nightsister??? A survivor? That's a rare rare thing. It will be interesting to see where Dave is going with this.

All of Ezra's helmet acquisitions strewn around the tower.

I'll be saying it more times than this, but Natasha is impeccable as Sabine. Both this current iteration of Sabine, where she is mourning and isolating herself, as well as channeling all the badass, artistic, creative, loyal, caring, snarky, cut to the chase versions of her from Rebels.

Natasha and Rosario convey SO MUCH in their silent glances to each other before getting down to business.

I kind of love the domestic intimacy of Ahsoka throwing her cloak over her bunk and grabbing a mug of tea before they sit down. Like they've done this a million times before.

I will comment on the "Master" "I should have made a good Jedi" "force sensitive Sabine?" track in episode 2.

I knew that map was doomed the second Sabine absconded with it lol.

The little "purrup" from the lothcat as it jumps off the table 😻

LOL Ahsoka being so annoyed at being in the Master position instead of being the difficult apprentice herself. Also the obvious guilt she still carries :/ "Sometimes the right reasons still have the wrong consequences." Oooof.

Not the cat signaling the presence of intruders

Again, Sabine is badass and incredible. Her athleticism and Mandalorian training is showing through. But girl maybe put on some armor??

Okay, don't take my tone the wrong way here (there will be a separate post about this): I HATEDDDDDDD the lightsaber stab. Hate hate hate. I swear they have got to STOP having people survive lightsaber stabs to the gut area. Just no. Pick any other body part to wound/end a fight with. Qui-Gon and Satine are rolling over in their graves 💀

Finally, I want to LIVE inside those credits ❤️ ❤️ The typography and design and colors are beautifulllll. And the score is of course stunning.

Overall, really great intro, it's amazing to see these characters in live action. A few qualms but I'm looking forward to where this is going.

#ahsoka #ahsoka show #ahsoka show spoilers #ahsoka spoilers #ahsoka series #ahsoka series spoilers #ahsoka tano #sabine wren #hera syndulla #huyang #baylon skoll #shin hati #morgan elsbeth #somelightramblings #some light ramblings

[likemosaic]

life is much calmer than it used to be - where there was once political debriefs, set rules for both eliza & all extended family to adhere to, there’s now just … freedom, and nothing but. (while it’s arguable that freedom & boundaries can both be equally constricting, danny is just happy that they all have peace of mind, now more than ever.) the family is visiting eliza (and kaj) at their new home, secluded away from prying eyes. compared to eliza’s first & more predominantly known presidential partner in life? kaj is everything that daniel should have been; even danny can see that already. he greets & treats her with nothing but a genuine smile & warmth in the way he claps his hands together; “hey, killer -“ a moniker for kaj, not eliza, “- come kick th’ball around with me. loser’s gotta streak down the street, buck ass naked.” (to kaj, from danny, political au, with love ❤️)

miscellaneous. / @strnza

kaj...isn't used to having family. or a house. or a warm, sweet-hearted girlfriend who smiles at you every time you look at her and hums oldie tunes while she cooks. for years, it's been kaj, rex, the truck, and the open road, for better or for worse. the old habits die harder than hell: she still can't help but try to conserve water, or worries about changing out her grey water tank. things like flushing toilets and hot baths, her and eliza sharing a warm tub after a long day, all feel as luxurious as a five star hotel. more than once eliza has had to give kaj's ass a playful warning slap, a reminder that while vanlifer girls might skip the shower every now and then, girls who live in houses need to clean up more than twice a week.

it's not bad different. but it is different. and she knows it's different for eliza, too, going from the first lady of the nation to quiet solitude. kaj sometimes finds herself wondering if eliza misses it. if not her ex-husband, than the luxury he provided to his beautiful trophy wife. kaj can't understand the guy--or anyone who'd choose a political post over the girl whose turned kaj's life around so effortlessly.

must be why her and danny get along: a mutual hatred for the man who treated eliza like trash. kaj rolls her eyes good-naturedly at him, tucking her phone in her jeans pocket and mirroring his posture, as if she's gonna tackle him here and block him in the kitchen. it's a facade, danny could out-do kaj in an arm wrestle any day. but the two look like playful siblings, and kaj admits that she loves danny like her own family, single child that she is. if her and eliza ever split, she'd certainly miss him and his goofball attitude. and the audacity.

"pfft. you just wanna see me naked, you freak. i'm tellin' 'liza." said jokingly, though she is tempted to get eliza in on the game. kaj pretends to think, elbowing him gently in the side as she passes to grab the ball out of their hall closet (a luxury that still wigs kaj out sometimes). "hey, maybe it's better if you win. anyone driving by who saw you without clothes would end up blind from the horror, right?"

#strnza #file : kaj. #answers. #v: multimuse; national anthem. #WHOLESOME 10000 #ic : kaj.

[plantwreastler]

Dating cod men doing Christmas

Including: könig, ghost, soap, Price and Alejandro

König

- very much in Christmas spirit, sings on Christmas songs, cuddles with you While watching Christmas movies, baking, decorating, Christmas picturers to remember this wonderful time with you, you name it, everything to spread you

-Will hug and cuddle against youre back While you bake cookies, he helps with some of the batches, but he enjoy watching you bake, its calming, watching you decorate Them and hum to the Music in the background, Will most like rest his head on youres and just enjoy the view of youre amazing cookie creations, he Will also help baking dont worry, he makes a gingerbread man and a woman and decorate Them to look like you two.

-i feel like hes a very sentimental person, so hes running around with his phone, digital and/or poleroid camara every single 25 days doing Christmas, so you either have a STUFFED box with pictures or else you Can get creative and make a scrapbook or two.

-hes a sucker for Christmas movies, he Will cuddle against you thru the whole Movie, cover you in blankets, and if youre laying between his legs with youre head on his chest hes stroking youre head and back. And he knows litterly all of the somgs in every single Movie, so be prepared for a karaoke night.

-he loves Christmas trees and he loves Them Big! He Will get the biggest one on the markeret and he Will not go Down on decorations, when hes done it Will look like a colorfull discoball, and you want to put the star on but you cant reach, since the tre is almost twice as Big as you! Bit as the gentleman he is he will help you on his shoulders so you Can put on the amazing star

-he does not understand the consept of a chocolate calender and dont understand why you only eat one, he just opens all of Them in one Day ond boom, gone, no more chocolate.

Ghost

- is not a Big fan og Christmas, but likes seeing you all hyper up about it.

-he will help you bake the cookies, and he wont admidt it, but he likes baking Them and spending time with you, if you make gingerbread people to look like you, he will just huff and give you a confused smile, but trust me when i say, hes malting on the inside. Secretly he takes pictures of it and smiles at tho thougt that you took youre time to do somthing so simple and still spend so much time on it.

-he isnt a very sentimental person, sure he takes some pictures here and there but not much, but he abseloutely adores the fact that you are, its so cute to him for some reason and he dont know why he even thinks so himself, and he likes the little box of pictures that you have, his favorite ones are 100% the ones that you wrote little messeges on in the back.

- again he wont admidt it but he loves Christmas movies, he likes the cuddles, the songs, the comfort for some reasons even the thashy plots, but most of all the quality time he gets with you, and yes he will purposely eat all of youre cookies after the Movie Marathon so you need to make more the next Day, and he loves it! Getting more cookies and to hug you from behind While you bake, its comfort all the way.

-he likes the Christmas trees, he dont love it, but he doesnt hate it either, hes deffendly come to like it more. To see you get all exited over such a small thing, he dont get it but he will still help you decorate it

-loves chocolate calenders, hes a little Child again, happily and exited to open every single Day, to get a treat. He loves it! And he loves the fact that you love it too, so he doesnt have to hide it.

Soap

-he is the Christmas King! Christmas lights and decorations everywere, Christmas songs that palys 24/7, Christmas Movie nights every night, cookies everywere, he Will make snowmans that looks like the two of you, each and every year, just because he Can! And you love it

-he loves baking Christmas cookies, and i feel like hes either a Gordon ramsy in disguise or abseloutely trash when it comes to the baking and the Christmas dinners, he will him/sing to every Christmas song that plads on the radio, if youre lucky he Will find the most bleach damaged, tangled wig you have ever seen, and find hes Inger beyonce out While backing those cookies, if you even get some, because someones beyonce ate the cookie dough. But he’ll make a new one like a pro, dont you worry.

-very sentimental, scrapbooks, picture boxes, albums, memoryboxes everywere, is the biggest hoarder you will ever meet. Camaras everywere.

- Christmas movies is just his thing! Knows every song, has seen every Movie, remembers every plot and every single famous Line in every single one of Them, and he gets so exited when a new one comes out, he is also one of the bigges cuddlers you will ever meet, once you lay Down you aint getting up again.

-loves Christmas trees if he gets the chance he will have more than one, so you Can really get in the Christmas spirit. And youre House is just rainbow from all of the lights that hes put on that tree, but it looks awesome!

-chocolate calenders? Say less! He loves Them, and you Will prob have 5 each, just because you Can! And because its fun, and you love it, cuz i Said so!

Price

-he likes Christmas, he likes the small traditions that you kan and he is exited than he Will admidt, and he treat you like a orinsses thru the whole holliday

-hes ok at baking he prefer cuddling against you While you bake, or having you sit on the counter, While he bakkes, and he loves! When you sing to every single song, and when you Dance, or slightly away youre hips, you Will have cookies for months, you both love baking so you go a,little wild, but you aint complaining, cookies is cookies

- he isnt very sentimental, but if you are he Will make sure to take some pictures here and there, he likes just watching you make small scrapbooks, choosing the colors, and cutting out the pictures, and writing the text, its just calming, and every picture has a story and he has always and will always have that “dad” Vibe so if anyone looks thru it he will gladly tell every single story to every single picture

-the movies is his favorite, getting Home from work and just getting to relax, cuddling with the love of his life, watching movies, singing along with the songs that he knows, but sometimes you might have to pause the Movie, because the cuddling became intense, and that cause some.. distractions.

-loves Christmas trees! The decorations, the lights he loves it, he likes showing it off, and decorating it, and he purposely buys the tallest tree he Can, so he has an excuse to slightly lift you up. And get a little closer to you.

- dont really Care for chocolate calenders, but if you do, he will be more than happy to buy you one, afterall you are his prinsess and hes gonna treat you like one.

Alejandro

-loves Christmas, hes not a fan of the cold weather but he likes looking at it from inside, and he 100% prefers to just stay inside with you and cuddle.

-way better at baking than you had expected, he almost burnt a bash of ginger cookies because a really good song came on the radio and he was too busy dancing with you, its almost a tradition, that he almost Burns everything he makes because hes too busy dancing and having his attention on you. His cookies are somehow always the best tho!

-he dont really Care that much for sentimental stuff but if you like it he goes all in. He just likes making you happy and if pictures is the way to youre heart he will do it.

-movies are always good, he likes the calm time he gets with you, just to cuddle and be close to you, but if the Movie gets spicy he does too so be prepared for that.

-Christmas trees is his favorite! He loves it, the colors, the lights, the way he lifts you up so you Can reach, might sneak behind you and give you some neak kisses, and he always makes sure that his Christmas tree has style, so he Can show it off.

-wont admidt it but he mealts every single time you buy him a chocolate calender, he loves it. He loves seeing you all exited for so thing as simple as chocolate and it just makes his heart flutter.

#call of duty #cod #johnny mactavish #könig cod #headcanons #simon cod #alejandro mw2 #price #cod mw2 #christmas

[iguessitsjustme]

Okay I just saw your “Top Non-BL Asian TV Shows” list bc I was looking through the Love O2O tag (as one does) and I need to know if you have one for top BL Asian shows bc I’m obsessed.

Hello my dear anon! Sorry it took a few days to get to this. My brain has not been braining BUT I have a list for you! Before I get started though, I did make a list of my top BL from 2022 and there is definitely going to be some overlap there.

Anyway. This is in no way a comprehensive list and it's just gonna be in alphabetical order. I also couldn't limit myself to ten this time, so you're going to get 15. This got really long so it's going under a cut:

A Tale of 1000 Stars - This show is one of my all time favorite BLs. The story was so well told and the acting was phenomenal. Genuinely, this show almost made me cry (in a good way). I got real close and if you know me, that's impressive. This show is pretty close to flawless for me and it is the show I used to introduce my mom to BL and now she's seen a whole lot and loves it like I do. So this show will always have a special place in my heart.

2. Bed Friend - I went into this show expecting to mostly enjoy it but I was fully expecting it to be a trash watch. What I didn't expect was a beautifully told story about trauma and how that can impact relationships and how patience and kindness and support, genuine support, is a fundamental piece of loving someone. Truly astonishing. Blew me out of the water.

3. Cherry Magic - This show is so incredibly wholesome and cute. I love the premise and I always appreciate when we get shows about adults. Adachi and Kurosawa are so precious and adorable and truly the only people deserving of each other. No one else could possibly deserve the love and light of those two. Plus I love our aroace girlie. She deserves the world. I know Thailand is doing a remake of this show and I'm skeptical but hopeful. We'll see.

4. DNA Says Love You - I'm not sure if I actually classify this as BL but it is very queer and the friendships are solid. One of the best friend groups and such a compelling story. It took me a minute to get into it cause the first few episodes aren't the best, but once the story starts taking off it's so, so good.

5. Ghost Host, Ghost House - This show came at the right time for me. It was so heartbreakingly beautiful. Our main couple gets a happy ending but the journey to get there is hard and honestly I was going through a lot when this was released and watching it was very cathartic for me. It helped give me an outlet to process grief I was going through.

6. Light on Me - The only good love triangle I have ever seen. Daon is my baby forever and always. I truly believe this show did so much for Korean BL and opened the doors for longer form BL out of Korea. The real selling point to this show for me is the characters. The story is cute, if basic, but the characters and their relationships and how the interact with each other is truly wonderful. The acting is phenomenal and everything about it is just so pretty.

7. Moonlight Chicken - This show has so much of what I look for in older, more serious shows. This show was perfect in its imperfectness. We got two generations of queer men in a family and we got to see how each reacted to the world and to their own queerness. We got deaf representation and a character learning sign language specifically to communicate. Heart's story with his parents was honestly beautiful and I think it was handled really well.

8. My School President - So cute. Just incredibly adorable. FourthGemini are honestly ridiculously talented for their age. I'm very excited to see what they do next. My only issue with this one was the sheer amount of singing, but at least it made sense with the plot and it was built in singing. Watching Tinn and Gun's story play out was a treat every week. There was not a single episode that was not enjoyable.

9. Old Fashion Cupcake - This is it for me. Absolute perfection. This is flawless episodes. I have no notes. I love this show. This is my top BL of all time. Everything about this is excellent. I don't even know how to properly discuss this because I love it so much.

10. Our Dating Sim - I'm not normally a fan of reunion stories but this one is fantastic. One of Korea's best. There's not a minute of wasted time.

11. Our Dining Table - This is the cutest, the most wholesome, the most darling, the most precious show ever created. I could not be mad watching this show. Even if certain people pissed me off, if I went home and turned on this show, my rage was calmed and I was happy again. I bought the first volume of the manga for this and I'm planning on buying the rest whenever I'm able.

12. Seven Days - This is probably the most underrated BL out there. It's cute, it's wholesome, the characters are amazing. Watching these two fall for each other is one of the best treats you can give yourself. I'm about to make my mom watch these two movies in the next few weeks and I cannot wait.

13. Sing My Crush - I loved this show oh so very much. I'm pretty sure I stayed up until like 2 one night binging it. It scratched a particular itch for me in the pining childhood friends to lovers. I just love them so much. The villain was a bit too...evil...for my taste but it worked. Plus, I genuinely didn't mind the singing here.

14. The Eighth Sense - This is just good. I'm not sure I classify it as BL but definitely queer. I tend to prefer shows that deal with trauma of some sort and this show does that and does it well. How many shows do we have where a character is actually seeing a therapist? Plus the patience and love that Ji Hyun had to Jae Won was just heartwarming. This show isn't just one of my favorite queer shows. It's one of my top 5 shows of all time.

15. Until We Meet Again - To me, this is THE BL. I cried multiple times. It's tough to get me to cry once let alone multiple times. I had already gotten into BL when I started watching this but I'd say this show was probably my full blow decent into madness. I think I watched all 17 episodes in the span of 3 days while working full-time. Overtime at that. I didn't sleep. One of the most beautiful stories ever written. I'm a sucker for reincarnation stories and this just..is so incredibly beautiful. It got me in my feels.

There ya have it. That's a list. Definitely not all, but I'd be listing forever and getting my executive to function enough to write this was hard enough. ps if you like Love O2O, the ML, Yang Yang is the main character in King's Avatar which was another show I put on my top non-BL shows but I rewatched it recently and I don't know what I was smoking when I wrote that list but that show is so incredibly gay. There's no canon romance but it's still very gay

#thanks for the ask #i will probably do a top 2023 bl once this year is done #also not mentioned here because it's not bl but oh no here comes trouble is also one of my favorite shows ever ever #i cant even explain what that show did for me #anyway i think next time i'm gonna need to be stricter with the parameters i set myself #because this was many

[fleurmarigold]

#2, 13, 18, and 30 for both Jin and Sly :)

2. What kind of pet would they prefer? (Jin/Sly)

omg cute! well. I think Jin's raging OCD would terrify her at the thought of owning a pet - so much responsibility!!! so many things that could go wrong 😬 and I think Sly is very keen on the freedom of animals beyond the concept of ownership haha, I think she's happier just observing animals in the wild from a distance! buuut if someone in the crew got a pet you know they'd be ALL over that, especially if it were like, a big fluffy dog that could give Jin some good good animal therapy AND handle Sly's big huge suffocating cuddles. I think that'd be great

13. If they could wish for anything, what would it be?

there's a couple ways to answer this... right now obviously all they'd wish for is their sweet horrible boy back :-( in general though, I imagine Jin gets sort of like... secondhand, distorted superstition compulsions from her OCD so every time the clock strikes 11:11 or she sees a shooting star or loses an eyelash, she's like "hi Universe I wish to be safe and healthy and live a cozy protected life and for nothing bad to happen to me or my girlfriend ever thank you :-)" every single time adfjlsfj

Sly might sometimes wish to be able to disappear with her gf into a swamp and never be seen again, but I'm not sure if THAT'S true to her heart either lol. as for their true wishes... I think it's something they'll have to live a little longer to start to figure out..... :-)

18. What's their biggest secret?

I answered 18 for Jin!! for Sly, she's like... such a secretive closed-off person that it's hard to say - she guards a lot of her sacred practices and magic rites very closely to her heart, and I imagine there are some things in there she'd be under vow to never share. I think... and this is a little bit of implied characterization for her... but despite claiming to accept it in every form and be radically open to whatever happens in it, she's actually pretty spiteful towards life/the world as it currently exists

she very openly talks trash about all the things wrong with society as a way to circumvent some underlying hurt for how poorly people have treated the things she cares about, and while she's a very solitary person by nature, there's definitely a part of her that's reclusive out of a less healthy but very understandable sense of resentment and withdrawal... which I think she'd be VERY reluctant to admit. over the years I'm hoping to have her come out of her shell a little more and surround herself with a lot of people she can trust!!!! and take charge in some good societal activism >:3c

#I believe 30 is meant to be for an asker to submit their own custom question? #if you want to do that go ahead!!!! but this has made me plenty happy already so thank you :'-) #rum red #rum red comic #long post

[limeade-l3sbian]

oh the superman eugenics thing is pretty cut and dry to the point. he's from a race of incredibly intelligent, very powerful people who stand above all humans in basically every single way. it doesn't help matters that, by nature of the racism and misogyny imbedded in the culture at the time, all early depictions of krypton showed it as an all-white, Übermensch society that follows gender roles from 1900s america to the exact letter. frankly, the early depictions were only a box of hair-dye away from being a representation of hitler's ideal society.

one could say "but the kryptonians died because of their own hubris, therefore it depicts that society as bad," but the overmining explanation for why krypton exploded was only one of many backstories given for the same phenomenon. most of the time, krypton just blows up for uncontrolled reasons. it got too old, it got too close to their sun, or it literally just blows up with no particular reason. even in the version of the story that explains the explosion with overmining, it doesn't address why the society is all white and comprised only of buff dudes and hyperfeminine women. it has a pro-environment and anti-capitalist message, sure, but there's nothing there to address why this planet of seemingly perfect beings look exactly like what a white supremacist would think a perfect society would look like.

as for wonder woman and the star sapphire corps...well. let's start with wonder woman. in general, i dislike how amazons are depicted, and wonder woman and dc's themyscira fail to make themselves exceptions. removed body hair, boob armor, makeup, "armor" that looks like corseting, leotards, miniskirts, styled hair, even sometimes high heels. these women do not look like women who are removed from patriarchal society in the slightest. and the authors...they take every chance to remind us that the amazons don't accept men, but also make every effort to make exceptions to that. accepting a tim into themiscara through changing the lore of where amazons come from is seen as beautiful and natural, but the amazons are routinely treated as childish or even cruel for being female separatists. wonder woman herself was shamed in the comics for "abandoning" her son when he was born (he was adopted by superman and lois lane, and i doubt that happened coincidentally...she put him in good hands). the writers will say "the amazons created a society where women could thrive away from male violence," but they always act like that's impossible or a sin, when it comes down to actually depicting it. and what the hell is with the "bracelets of submission," anyways?

i would love it if the women of themyscira were actually allowed to be natural, rowdy, buff women with hairy legs and absolutely no connections or references to bdsm. i want them to be guilt-free manhaters who view the lesbians within their society as blessed by the goddesses (yes, i know depictions of lesbians that are normal and seen as normal are necessary, but why can't we see ourselves as valuable when society tells us we're trash).

the star sapphire corps, meanwhile. well. the purple lantern represents "love." they're depicted as mostly female, and mostly very provocatively dressed. i'm not sure when this change occurred, but i'm pretty sure they used to be "pink lanterns" at one point, and probably only changed since pink isn't a color present on the actual light spectrum--the only evidence i have of this, though, is that early depictions of the character carol ferris (the primary violet lantern), used to wear all-pink.

now, you may be thinking "oh, an all-female group based around the concept of love, it's a bit cliché, but not too bad." well. the power of "love" according to the emotional spectrum canon is embodied by a monstrous character quite literally called "predator." i can't quite cover everything wrong with this character without writing a novel, but basically, the power of "love" seems to be something that makes the people using it (again, primarily women, because "there's a lack of men who are worthy for it," which sounds feminist until you get to this next part) obsessive, paranoid, and irrational. predator himself is apparently a manifestation of carol's "business side," as well as her daddy issues. by the way, speaking of carol: she's crazy. the writers have given her a sort of multiple-personality disorder, where there's carol ("good woman") and star sapphire ("evil woman"). and predator ("evil man") is also apparently her? at least in some regards. some of the powers seem a little...coercive (to put it gently), as well. the whole thing is a mess, and if you're curious, i would suggest visiting pages like the dc fandom/wikia pages on the things i've listed to get an idea for what i'm talking about here.

i'm honestly not quite sure how to "fix" them, beyond maybe...i don't know, removing the "love is crazy and stupid and irrational" and sexualization of love angles? i think they should still mostly be women, at least with regards to entities in the group that come from earth, because men from earth are kind of terrible at actual love. it would be nice if the lantern was a little discriminatory against "obsession" or "possessiveness," and only valued certain kinds of love (not necessarily just romantic or sexual, but platonic as well).

this doesn't actually cover a whole lot, despite having a lot of text, but i feel like i've said enough for one message lol.

You've got a good brain for picking. This was fascinating! /gen. You ever want to drop more commentary, please feel free! 💜

As a side note, the sons of themyscira plotline is another point to mention regarding the Amazons being depicted as petty for not wanting men around. It's revealed (in that version) that the way amazonians have children is by going on boats and having sex with sailors, going back to the island pregnant, and then just keeping the female ones.

I don't know what reason for how they maintain their numbers I like, but that was probably the stupidest one above this new one that invites a TIM into the mix and completely removes the nature of Themyscira itself. I wish they had made the nature of how Diana was born the common form of birth (molded from clay and brought to life by Athena, instead of Zeus.).

Overall though, great analysis. 💜 This was really dope to read.

#ask

[feralgodmothers]

Do you ever think about what could’ve been going through Lorelai’s head when Rory (kind of) told what almost happened in the bedroom in the episode after leg max? I do. And it ain’t pretty. At the start of the episode she was playfully teasing Rory for having two boys fight over her. And by the end her daughters implying her current boyfriend tried to assault her in a strangers bedroom. It’s every parents worst nightmare.

PS: I’m sorry if this is too dark of an ask. You can delete this is you want.

Oh that’s okay anon, I’m good. I’ll put up a tw: sexual assault for anyone else who might need it though.

When I first watched that episode, I remember being very surprised at how little she pressed Rory for information, because I seriously would have been FREAKING. OUT.  That mess is TERRIFYING, and you just know that as a mother - every single alarm bell was going off in her head. Jess should count his lucky stars over Lorelai not hunting his butt down in California and showing up on his doorstep like

Because seriously - her ability to remain calm until she got to the bottom of things was nothing short of superhuman to me. I would have wanted to know EVERYTHING, because I would want to know exactly how angry I should be with this kid. We as the viewer at least had the benefit of being there in the room with them, so we know exactly how far things did or didn’t go - but Lorelai didn’t have that advantage.  All she had to go on was that it was a “thing in Kyle’s bedroom”, Rory rejected his advances, and Jess may or may not have gotten mad at her for it. I’d be seeing red for real.

For the life of me, I cannot understand why Jess fans hate Lorelai for “treating Jess unfairly”. On several occasions, she defended him and rationalized his behavior, and this was actually one of those occasions!  LIKE ??!?!? What more could anyone EXPECT from this woman??? To get down and grovel and worship at his feet?

The fact that she let them date at all shows a huge amount of trust in him that he never really earned. SHE DID NOT LIKE HIM, and yet she still gave them space, and played devil’s advocate every time Rory expressed doubts about their relationship. She went above and beyond to show support for them, and to think Jess broke that trust by pushing himself on Rory, and then blowing out of town, causing her daughter to feel like a piece of disposed trash?

Again:

Lucky stars.

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[ramblings-of-a-mad-cat]

you know what i’m getting a little sick of seeing ppl complaining about this game pretty much all the time. like yeah it has a lot of flaws both in the storylines and sometimes design/graphics wise but it’s getting annoying seeing ppl be so negative

Oh god, this is reminding me of a post that I saw and ending up liking to "anchor" it so I could reblog it later. (Still need to do that.) That talked about this exact concept. About how, even if the criticisms of popular media are valid and constructive, and even if I actually agree with them...the endless bashing of the "bad" parts drowns out any other attempt to have a conversation about the good parts. HPHM is a pretty good example of this. Sure, it has it's problems, but the characters in this game are still phenomenal, and I think we shouldn't take it for granted that this game has a diverse cast of characters who are, by logic of the dating options, predominantly LGBT.

HPHM isn't the only example of this, though. Some of my top fandoms have become like this is in the last five years or so.

Doctor Who fans, you out there? I know, I know, you didn't like the Chibnall Era. But that's literally all anyone talks about. Some of us do like this era, and *insert Joker meme here* we're tired of pretending we don't. Especially since Jodie is the first woman Doctor. I'm not saying the criticisms are exclusively sexist, I'm saying I can't tell the sexist ones from the genuine complaints about the era and it's starting to exhaust me. In general, (and I've talked about this before) I think some of you are way too loyal to some imaginary legacy that you think was "ruined" by The Timeless Children...but this is Doctor Who, people. That same season completely un-wrote Gallifrey's return. The canon has always been at the whim of the current head writer. The Timeless Child is no different. It may or may not even last.

Game of Thrones fans...I mean this in the nicest way possible...but please, oh please, shut up about Season 8. I get it, no one liked the end of the show. That's understandable, that's valid. But the complaints are becoming overpowering, and this doesn't just impact discussion of S8. Most of the compliments toward the earlier seasons have now shifted focus to act as a comparison. If you're just talking about Season 4 to show me how good the show "used" to be, that's still being negative and that's equally draining. I can talk about what I don't like from S8, I can even go to town on it. But I acknowledge the good in that season as well. And even if you don't see the good, that's fine, but...there's only so many ways to say this before you're just repeating yourselves. You should also try to enjoy the earlier seasons without making it all about the show's "golden age." Just...every rewrite of this show that I see online gives is a happy ending, which it was never going to have. Ramsay even told us as much. This show's ending was always going to devastate us one way or the other.

I actually left the Star Wars fandom for this exact issue. I won't generalize, I know not everyone is this way, but it seems like damn near every single Star Wars fan with a voice has a hyper-specific interpretation of the Galaxy Far Far Away, and they get angry whenever anyone (official media and other fans alike) propose something that conflicts with their vision of this 'verse. Please, stop demonizing the sequels. I know they aren't perfect, but that point has been made. And stop trashing Rey, especially if you're romanticizing Luke and Anakin at the same time. I know I'll probably ignite a fire by saying this, but some of you treat Luke like he's a gift from God, and treat Rey as nothing more than a contemptible pretender. Star Wars protagonists have always been overpowered, guys. Again, I'm not saying everyone who does this is motivated by misogyny, but I can't tell the misogynists from the regular fans. Star Wars is a wonderful universe, and it achieved such a cult following that any follow-up was never going to please everyone. The prequels had the same problem when they first aired.

I was gonna talk about Harry Potter, but like...Rowling completely abandoned us and is now doing actual harm, so like...go ahead and trash her, I'm right here with you. Still, I think the same mindset applies here. Crimes of Grindelwald is not the "worst movie of all time," guys. Chill out. I have to admit that I kind of roll my eyes at the idea that the books were "always" terrible, and we just didn't see it until now. At the risk of being rude, my instinctive response to that is - grow up. Transphobic pieces of shit can also be really good writers. Admitting this doesn't mean I endorse Rowling as a person. Others have claimed that her bigotry is evident in the books, and I'm not knowledgeable enough about the various points that have been made to really critique them, but...I just don't see it. If anything, I think Rowling's past writing is proof that, at least at one time, she was on the right side. Which makes it all the more heartbreaking that she turned on us.

I love these stories and their fandoms, just...sometimes, being part of them is exhausting. Y'all should go watch CinemaWins. (Seriously, go watch Cinemawins, he's lovely.) If you feel this motivated to discuss the flaws of these particular stories...I've got news for ya. That means you're emotionally invested. So on some level, you're still enjoying yourself, right?

#Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery #Doctor Who #Chibnall Era #Chris Chibnall #The Thirteenth Doctor #Game of Thrones #Game of Thrones Season 8 #Game of Thrones S8 #Star Wars #Star Wars Sequel Trilogy #Star Wars Disney #Luke Skywalker #Rey from Nowhere #Harry Potter #J.K. Rowling #Was also going to bring up Pokemon #Buuuuut honestly those games HAVE been on a decline #Which feels as though it's motivated by greed so #Still #Legends is amazing and SwSh have their moments #Fandom Culture #Fandom Problems

[longlivelevi]

I'm going through a lot

all the time. My mind is like this constant storm and there is a thin line between being meant to be like this and a self-fulfilling prophecy. Was my emptiness growing up a sign of what I would become? Did the people I look up a sign of what I would become? I often ask myself what the point of becoming like this really mean in the end. Why am I like this? I feel like a convoluted mess, but also like a ball of light meant to make people's worlds mean so much more. I don't really know what's going on most of the time. If a doctor finds out what is wrong with me, will that take back all the times people did me wrong? All the false morality, the falling stars in my eyes. Will anybody ever notice what they did to me?

I don't even notice. It feels like I take all this pain and just never... explode. I just die, again and again. And this vessel can't even comprehend or express who I am inside. I feel so fucking trapped in this like neo version of reality. That I am always so fucking confused why I get treated so wrong. I can go through a million self-realizations, live in the storm of all of your lies, die every single day for your satisfaction, and then what? I'm going to eventually realize that it was all bullshit. That I am surrounded by the infinite karmic cycles of people and there is very little I can do to escape. I will be used and then thrown away like trash once you make your self-fulfilling prophecies.

This blog better read like a manifesto when it's all said and done. Live by these words of infinite confusion, friends. We will enter eternity when it is all said and done. After all the bullshit, the missed calls, the birthday cakes untasted, the dancing stars, and the infinite beyond. We will find a way.

[pashterlengkap]

Neo-Nazis distribute anti-trans & antisemitic flyers across Atlanta

Residents have been left stunned after antisemitic and anti-trans flyers were recently distributed across multiple Atlanta neighborhoods. According to Fox 5, the flyers appear to have come from a group called the Goyim Defense League, which the Anti-Defamation League describes as “a loose network of individuals connected by their virulent antisemitism” whose “goal is to cast aspersions on Jews and spread antisemitic myths and conspiracy theories.” --- Related Stories North Dakota to start imprisoning doctors who provide gender-affirming care to trans youth Doctors could get up to 10 years in prison under the new law. --- One of the flyers said Jews are behind “the rise in transgenderism” and included photos of trans leaders superimposed with Jewish stars. The flyer also warned of a “4000% explosion in kids identifying as transgender” and said kids are being “forced to unlearn boy-girl differences.” More antisemitic flyers of some of my comrades and me were distributed in Atlanta yesterday. Cops say they won't do anything. The city says they won't, either. This is why we must defeat fascism collectively- as both an ideology and incitement of violence.https://t.co/KLzPA3zhke pic.twitter.com/HgmG2dkJd7— Eli Erlick (@EliErlick) April 24, 2023 Other flyers declared “every single aspect of feminism is Jewish” and “every single aspect of the Jewish Talmud is Satanic.” “We just need to be more open and kind,” one resident, Caroline Joe, told Atlanta News First. “It’s kind of cowardly actually to just come into a neighborhood and distribute information like that.” “I think the best places for those messages are in the trash can,” said another resident, Brian Davis. “I think we need to start treating people better, and I encourage whoever did this to go out there and find a Jewish person or a Black person or a gay person and befriend them.” The FBI told the news agency that while they are of the situation, the distributors of the flyers do not appear to have broken federal law and are exercising their first amendment rights. The flyers were found in the district of City Councilmember Lilliana Bakhtiari, the first nonbinary official elected in Atlanta. Bakhtiari called the flyers “vile” and “repugnant” and said their office “has been in regular communication” with the Atlanta Police and leaders of the affected communities. “I will continue to extend myself – and my platform – as a resource to any person targeted on the basis of exclusion,” they said. A statement from the Atlanta Police Department said it is “not aware of any criminal acts related to the flyers. However, their distribution has led to a heightened level of awareness throughout our department, and we have increased patrols around where the flyers were found.” Georgia state Rep. Saira Draper (D) told Rough Draft Atlanta she is “appalled and disgusted” and that “this is not an isolated incident of hate.” “As a state legislator, I can’t help but view this incident and our legislative policy choices as related. During the 2023 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly failed to pass proposed legislation to curb rising rates of antisemitism.” “Concurrently, the General Assembly prioritized the passage of legislation that discriminates against and harms transgender children and their families. There is a direct line between these policy decisions and creating an environment that emboldens hate groups and normalizes discriminatory rhetoric. It’s not enough for leaders to say they don’t tolerate hate; our policy agenda must do the same.” Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens (D) also condemned the flyers, saying he is “deeply disturbed.” I am deeply disturbed by reports of hateful material targeting Jewish and trans people being distributed in our city. Hate has no place in Atlanta. APD is investigating and I will closely monitor. https://t.co/RWg33XGVwD— Andre Dickens (@andreforatlanta) April 24, 2023 http://dlvr.it/Sn3j18

[justgenuine]

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